Fuel Emergency Act 1977

A person given confidential or commercially sensitive information under an information notice must not disclose that information.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure of confidential or commercially sensitive information of the following kind—

a disclosure made with the consent of the person who gave the confidential or commercially sensitive information; or

a disclosure made for the purposes of the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under, or in connection with, this Act or the regulations; or

a disclosure made to the Commonwealth Minister for the purpose of administering the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 of the Commonwealth; or

a disclosure made by the Minister for the purposes of any arrangement entered into by the Minister and the Commonwealth Minister under section 15(1) of the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 of the Commonwealth; or

a disclosure made in the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 of the Commonwealth that is delegated, under section 49 of that Act, to—

the Minister; or

an officer or employee of the State; or

a person who constitutes, is a member of, or is employed by, an authority established by or under a law of Victoria; or

a disclosure made to a court or tribunal in the course of legal proceedings; or

a disclosure made pursuant to an order of a court or tribunal; or

a disclosure of confidential or commercially sensitive information that is in the public domain at the time of the disclosure.